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Ludwig Large Classic Lugs
Sorry, just chatting away to myself here, but does anybody know what the difference is with: P-22491 Mounting Screws for Super Classic Wood Shell and...
14 years agoLudwig P-4066-2 Tone Control (muffler)
Is this the wrong area to post this in? Should I have put it in the General Questions and Topics part?!
14 years agoLudwig P-4066-2 Tone Control (muffler)
The current production 'tone control' from Ludwig - does that have a 1" or 3/4" knob? Also, the Ludwig Parts pdf illustration shows it with the contro...
14 years agoLudwig Large Classic Lugs
I removed the wrap from my c. '71 Ludwig kit yesterday, and today I laid out all the 'large classic lugs' or 'tension casings'. When I was taking them...
14 years agoLate 50's WFL restoration
Are you going to re-paint the bass drum hoops? Mine look in a pretty similar condition to yours, so I'm hoping to spruce them up a bit, but haven't tr...
14 years agoVintage Ludwig Kit
And finally the rack tom... Lots of adhesive residue. I'm not sure why the part where the drum shell 'joins' itself is lighter coloured than the rest?...
14 years agoVintage Ludwig Kit
The floor tom didn't have a wrap under the white darvic, so the tape they used to (fairly loosely) apply the white darvic is on the drum itself. I'd n...
14 years agoVintage Ludwig Kit
The bass drum... Well, the filled in hole at the top where it's had a centre tom mount at some point in the past looks quite badly filled to me. I thi...
14 years agoVintage Ludwig Kit
Okay, so I've removed the white 'wrap' from my drums. It turned out to be ICI 'darvic' PVC sheet. Then removed the silver sparkle from the bass drum,...
14 years agoWrapping in thin aluminium?
I suppose in the unlikely but not impossible event that something fell on them in my little studio that I primarily only use myself (I don't have band...
14 years agoWrapping in thin aluminium?
Do you mean denting from general knock aboutness, things banging into it, falling on it etc, or from the perspective of the fixings and lugs maybe put...
14 years agoVintage Ludwig Kit
Been doing more looking at photo's online of early seventies kits, and it seems like my toms should have had mufflers AND badges, neither of which the...
14 years agoCleaning Inside of Maple 3 Ply Ludwigs
Well that must mean my kit must have been washed at least once then. :-)
14 years agoCleaning Inside of Maple 3 Ply Ludwigs
As you can see in the two photo's below, it's not exactly 'showroom quality' in there. :-) It looks like some sort of adhesive strip has been stuck on...
14 years agoWrapping in thin aluminium?
It's a 3 ply kit I believe. Kevins - I thought of buying a 'disposable' drum to practice on. Did you mean to see if it affects the sound, or just to...
14 years ago